The 2019 Stanley Cup Final between the Boston Bruins and St Louis Blues got underway on Monday night. The Blues shot out to an early hot start, but were eventually doomed by discipline issues and a fiery Bruins comeback.
The Bruins out-shot the Blues 38 to 20.
By Chris Cerullo 4 years ago
The third round of the Stanley Cup Playoffs was brutal. The San Jose Sharks, devastated by injury, failed to get the baffling calls necessary to defeat the St. Louis Blues, who now enter the final round for the first time since the mid-17th century. The Boston Bruins, who are neither big nor bad, stomped the Carolina Hurricanes in four vicious games, led, I’m sure, by the pure hockeysexual charisma of Marcus “Joe Hanson” Johansson.
Now, just a scant 49 years later, the Bruins and Blues have their rematch. Some experts are saying it’s a coin toss, so let’s, um, ask a coin.
By Peter Hassett 4 years ago
The Sharks and Blues entered Game Five of the Western Conference Final tied with two wins apiece. And while the game started off relatively evenly–the Sharks had eleven shots in the first period, but the Blues had one goal on four shots–the Sharks sank pretty quickly after that.
The Blues ended up with twice as many shots as the Sharks (40-21) while the Sharks had six times as many penalty minutes (36-6).
By the end of the game, the Sharks’ bench was six players short: Erik Karlsson, Joe Pavelski, Tomas Hertl, and Joonas Donskoi with injuries, and Micheal Haley and Evander Kane for misconducts.
Halfway through the third period the Sharks even tweeted out a picture of their depleted bench with an emoji version of the sarcastic “this is fine” meme.
By Brennin Weiswerda 4 years ago
The Boston Bruins laid an absolute stomping on the Carolina Hurricanes on home ice and now take a 2-0 series lead down south.
By Chris Cerullo 4 years ago
The San Jose Sharks smelled blood in the water and struck first on home ice in this year’s Western Conference Final.
By Chris Cerullo 4 years ago
The Boston Bruins secured the first win of this year’s conference final round, routing the visiting Carolina Hurricanes in Game One.
By Chris Cerullo 4 years ago
With another dramatic couple of weeks, the NHL playoffs now roll into the third round. We had one sweep and one double-OT game-seven elimination, so as long as you could stay up late at night, you had a good round.
But the time for delighting in past is over. It’s time for predictions. It’s time for Keith, a coin.
By Peter Hassett 4 years ago
The San Jose Sharks secured the final spot in this year’s conference finals by surviving a game seven against the Colorado Avalanche.
By Chris Cerullo 4 years ago
The Colorado Avalanche came into San Jose’s Shark Tank (aka the SAP Center) for the finale of an intense, back-and-forth Second Round series. The Sharks ultimately proved triumphant, beating the Avalanche 3-2.
The game was intense and much of the pace dictated by close calls and injuries, but captain Joe Pavelski’s fairytale return was the story of the night. The Sharks’ captain was back in the lineup for the first time since Game Seven against the Vegas Golden Knights when he incurred a scary head injury. He opened the scoring in the first period and led his team to victory.
By Brennin Weiswerda 4 years ago
The St Louis Blues put away the Dallas Stars in double overtime of Game Seven and now await the winner of the final game of the Colorado Avalanche/San Jose Sharks series.
By Chris Cerullo 4 years ago
